Minor Degrees in Biostatistics

Minimum Requirements for a Graduate Program Minor

NOTE: One course may be taken S/N and all other courses must be taken A/F

MS minor in biostatistics:

Choose two courses from:

• PubH 7420, Clinical Trials, 3 cr. [PubH 6451 or PubH 7406]
  
• PubH 7450, Survival Analysis, 3 cr [PubH 7406 and STAT 5102]
  
• PubH 7435, Latent Variable Models, 3 cr [PubH 6451 or PubH 6415]
  
• PubH 7430, Statistical Methods for Correlated Data, 3 cr
  
  • [PubH 6451 or PubH 7406 or STAT 5303 and SAS at the level of 6420]
• PubH 7445, Statistics in Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3cr [PubH 6451]
• PubH 7440, Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis, 3 cr [STAT 5101-02 or PubH 7405-06]

PhD minor in Biostatistics, for non-statistics students:

• Either these 2 courses:
• PubH 7401, Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference, 4 cr
• PubH 7402, Biostatistical Modeling and Methods, 4 cr [PubH 7401 (Fund. Biostat Inf.)]
• Or these 2 courses:
• PubH 7405, Biostatistics: Regression, 4 cr. [STAT 5101 or co-rec STAT 5101]
• PubH 7406, Biostatistics: ANOVA & Design, 4 cr [PubH 7405 and STAT 5102 or co-rec STAT 5102]
• Plus two courses from:
  • PubH 7407, Analysis of Categorical Data, 3 cr [PubH 7405, STAT 5102 or co-rec STAT 5102, PubH 7400 (Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference and Biostatistical Modeling and Methods)]
  • PubH 7420, Clinical Trials, 3 cr. [PubH 6451 or PubH 7406]
  • PubH 7450, Survival Analysis, 3 cr [PubH 7406 and STAT 5102, PubH 7400 (Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference and Biostatistical Modeling and Methods)]
  • PubH 7435, Latent Variable Models, 3 cr [PubH 6451 or PubH 6415]
  • PubH 7430, Statistical Methods for Correlated Data, 3 cr [PubH 6451 or PubH 7406 or STAT 5303 and SAS at the level of 6420]
  • PubH 7445, Statistics in Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3cr [PubH 6451]
  • PubH 7440, Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis, 3 cr [STAT 5101-02 or PubH 7405-06]

For graduate students in Statistics, the PhD minor requirements are as follows:

• These two courses:
• PubH 7420, Clinical Trials, 3 cr. [PubH 6451 or PubH 7406]
• PubH 7450, Survival Analysis, 3 cr [PubH 7406 and STAT 5102]
• Plus two courses from:
  • PubH 8482, Sequential Analysis, 3cr [PubH 7450, 8432, STAT 5102]
  • PubH 8442, Bayesian Decision Theory and Data Analysis, 3 cr [PubH 6421, STAT 5101, STAT 5102, STAT 8311]
  • PubH 8452, Advanced Longitudinal Data Analysis, 3 cr [Stat 5101, STAT 8311 and SAS or S+ experience]
  • PubH 8472, Spatial Biostatistics, 3 cr [STAT 5101, STAT 5102 and recommend Stat 8311, PubH 8442 or PubH 7440]
  • PubH 8462, Advanced Survival Analysis, 3cr [PubH 7450, PubH 8432 and STAT 5102]
  • PubH 7455, Modern Non-parametrics, 3 cr [PubH 7406, STAT 5102]

Questions? Please contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Melanie Wall (bstdgs@umn.edu)